Sonia E. Murrow

Sonia E. Murrow is an associate professor of the Social Foundations of Education and Adolescence Education in the School of Education at Brooklyn College. Murrow previously held an assistant professor position in Urban Teacher Education at Long Island University, Brooklyn campus. She is a certified social studies teacher (grades 7-12) and taught for the New York City Department of Education before earning her doctorate. Murrow's research interests include the history of education, the social foundations of education, social studies education and new teacher development.

Cohen, Robert and Sonia E. Murrow. "Who's Afraid of Radical History? Mitch Daniels's Covert War on Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United Stated." The Nation, July 30. http://www.thenation.com/article/175592/whos-afraid-radical-history#axzz2cqruRhSP. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013

"School Choice, New York-Style? For Some More Than Others," SchoolBook, The New York Times/WNYC, May 23. http://www.schoolbook.org/2012/05/23/school-choice-new-york-style-for-some-more-than-others/ (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Dear Mr. Zinn: Debating Radical History in the Classroom, 1982-2000." National Council of History Education, Niagara, Falls, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

"Developing Historical Thinking Through Engagement With Conflicting Texts." National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"Improving the Life of the Poor: Grace Dodge's Membership on the New York City Board of Education, 1886-1889." American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

"Using Howard Zinn's A People's History and the Textbook in Stereo in the Secondary History Classroom." American Education Studies Association. Baltimore. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

"Confluent Streams of Progressivism in Early 20th Century Teacher Education in Institutions of Higher Education." History of Education Society. Seattle. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

"Teaching Foundations of Education in an Age of Neo-Liberal Reform." American Educational Studies Association. Seattle. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

"The Social Reconstructionists and Race." American Educational Studies Association. St. Louis. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

"'Someone Has Been Watching Over Me': Third Space in the Social Foundations Classroom." American Education Studies Association. Savannah, Ga., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Shaping the Destinies of the Nation: Teachers and the Social Frontier, 1934-1943." American Educational Research Association. New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Daring Teachers to Build a New Social Order: New College at Teachers College, 1932-1939." History of Education Society. Cleveland, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Murrow, Sonia and Laura Dull. "The Socialization Implications of Questioning in Social Studies Classrooms." National Council for the Social Studies. Washington, D.C., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006